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George Grove

1820 - 1900

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Sir George Grove (13 August 1820 – 28 May 1900) was an English engineer and writer on music, known as the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Grove was trained as a civil engineer, and successful in that profession, but his love of music drew him into musical administration. When responsible for the regular orchestral concerts at the Crystal Palace, he wrote a series of programme notes from which eventually grew his musical dictionary. His interest in the music of Franz Schubert, which was neglected in England at that point in the nineteenth century, led him and his friend Arthur Sullivan to go to Vienna in search of undiscovered Schubert manuscripts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Grove is the 5,314th most popular writer (up from 6,099th in 2019), the 4,241st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,017th in 2019) and the 456th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, George Grove ranks 5,314 out of 7,302. Before him are Duncan Regehr, Luiza Pesjak, Axel Bakunts, Ernie Pyle, Edward Carpenter, and Helen Thomas. After him are Terry Bisson, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan, Lev Kassil, José Bergamín, Tony Duvert, and Roger Hargreaves.

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Among people born in 1820, George Grove ranks 76. Before him are Lorenz Frølich, Pierre Nord Alexis, Victor Puiseux, Johannes Rebmann, John F. Reynolds, and Theodoros Diligiannis. After him are Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Anthony W. Gardiner, George Hearst, Henry Jarvis Raymond, Thomas Baines, and Earl Van Dorn. Among people deceased in 1900, George Grove ranks 91. Before him are Hannibal Goodwin, Nicolae Crețulescu, Albert Samain, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Tomás Gomensoro Albín, and Victoire Léodile Béra. After him are Ernest Dowson, József Szlávy, Raimundo Andueza Palacio, William Stanley Haseltine, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and Augustus Pitt Rivers.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, George Grove ranks 4,242 out of 8,785. Before him are Fred Karno (1866), David Wilkie (1785), Edward Carpenter (1844), Steve Hogarth (1956), Harry Ryan (1893), and Mal Evans (1935). After him are Nicholas Ridley (1500), William Garbutt (1883), Roger Hargreaves (1935), Tommy Douglas (1904), Pete Doherty (1979), and Ivor Novello (1893).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, George Grove ranks 456. Before him are A. E. Housman (1859), Bruno Heller (1960), Alan Bennett (1934), Aubrey de Grey (1963), Norman Smith (1923), and Edward Carpenter (1844). After him are Roger Hargreaves (1935), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Richard D. Ryder (1940), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), and Ernest Dowson (1867).

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